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Kevin remembers Jesse Jackson on KPFA’s Flashpoint

February 26, 2026

Dennis Bernstein introduces Kevin at around 20:48 on his Feb 26th episode. Kevin shares about the role Jesse Jackson played in helping to save his life.  https://kpfa.org/episode/flashpoints-february-26-2026/.  The text of Kevin’s statement is below:      A Message from Kevin Cooper in Memory of Rev. Jesse Jackson       I’m […]

VANGUARD: Kevin Cooper, 68, Still Fighting for a New Trial after 42 Years on Death Row

February 1, 2026

https://davisvanguard.org/2026/02/innocence-kevin-cooper-case/

Kevin’s Art in Harper’s Magazine

December 14, 2025

Kevin’s painting “It’s a Generation Thing in America: Past! Present! Future?!” is featured in the January 2026 issue of Harper’s Magazine as part of a book review on Elizabeth Vartkessian’s book: The Deserving: What the Lives of the Condemned Reveal about American Justice. (Forward by Sister Helen Prejean)

VANGUARD INVESTIGATION: Flawed Forensics and Unanswered Questions in Kevin Cooper Case

July 26, 2025

Originally publish on https://davisvanguard.org/2025/07/kevin-cooper-dna-evidence-questioned/ on July 23, 2025.    

“Regarding Kamala Harris” A statement by Kevin Cooper

August 22, 2024

Regarding Kamala Harris In a country where the criminal justice system for the most part is anything but just, I speak to you from experience of 40-plus years of being denied constitutional rights that I, as an American citizen, am told on paper I am entitled to receive but was […]

Join us for (Un)Equal Under the Law: Extreme Sentencing and Racial Justice in California

February 14, 2024

Join us for  “(Un)Equal Under the Law: Extreme Sentencing and Racial Justice in California” When: Thursday, March 14th, 5:30pm (doors open at 5pm) Where: Jack Adams Hall, San Francisco State University Who: Please RSVP bit.ly/RJA4KC   Featuring, Kevin Cooper, who will call in to discuss the ongoing fight for his life, justice and freedom while surviving California’s […]

Death Penalty Focus features interview with Kevin Cooper in January Newsletter

January 18, 2024

This interview was originally published on January 17, 2024 in Death Penalty Focus’s January newsletter.  In a phone interview from the 48-square-foot cell on San Quentin’s death row, where he has lived since he was sentenced to death in 1985, Kevin Cooper pointed out that this is the second time […]

American Bar Association urges Governor to order additional investigations

December 16, 2023

ABA President, Mary Smith, urges Governor Newsom to order “additional investigation, specifically as it relates to law enforcement records” that were never obtained by the Special Counsel assigned by the Governor to investigate Mr. Cooper’s claims of innocence. Read the San Francisco Chronicle’s reporting here: ABA says Kevin Cooper prosecutors withheld […]

How to help Kevin

December 10, 2023

Kevin needs your help!  Use this activist toolkit to contact the Governor and share Kevin’s story: bit.ly/FreeKCToolkit Sign up to volunteer and receive updates here.   

KPFK’s Geri Silva interviews Kevin Cooper and Jane Dorotik on Think Outside the Cage

December 10, 2023

Geri Silva interviewed Kevin Cooper and Jane Dorotik on her radio show, Think Outside the Cage on December 10, 2023. You can listen to the interview by going to KPFK archives https://www.kpfk.org/archives/ and selecting Think Outside the Cage and then clicking play on the December 10th episode.